Carrier for spare wheels



Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,527

E. H. BELDENET AL CARRIER FOR SPARE WHEELS Original Filed June 4. 1917 2Sheets-Sheet l 103 WEWZ;

Aug. 19, 1924.. 1,505,527

E. H. BELDEN ET Al.

CARRIER FOR SPARE WHEELS Original Filed June 4., 1917 2 Shoots-Shoot 2514w 1M0; Edward H. Ee/oen Harry .6. Fhmas atented-Aug. 19, 1924.

PATEN EDWARD H. BELDEN'AND HARRY E. RHOADS,'OF TOLEDO,OHIO, ASSIGNORS,BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE WILLYS-OVERLAND COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ACOR- PORATION OF OHIO.

CARRIER FOR- SPARE WHEELS.

Original application filed June 4, 1917, Serial No. 172,720. Divided andthis application filed July 30, 1917. Serial No. 183,427.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .we, EDWARD H. BELDEN and HARRY E. RHOADS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriersfor Spare Wheels, of which we declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in carriers for-demountablewheels, and parvticularly to carriers of the type whichare secured tothe rear end of the automobile frame.

In the manufacture of automobiles, wire wheels are usually substitutedfor wooden wheels only on special. orders and it is highly desirablethat the carrier for the spare rims or wheels be so constructed that theparts thereof which are permanently attached to the chassis frame,should be the same, no matter whether rims or wheels are to be used. Oneof the objects of this invention is to provide a carrier capable of usein this manner, and particularly adapted to hold an extra wheel.

Further objects of this invention are to provide a carrier capable ofholding a plurality of extra wheels so constructed that either of theWheels can be readily and separately removed; to provide a carrier whichis so mounted that it may be swung down- Wardly towards the ground tofacilitate the application and removal of a wheel, requiring the liftingof the Wheel through a small distance only.

, Further objects of-this invention are to provide a carrier soconstructed as to lock the wheels in place thereon, to prevent theunauthorized removal thereof; to provide a construction which is rigidand strong and one which will not rattle or work loose when applied toan automobile frame; to provide means for securely maintaining thewheels rigidly on the carrier in such a manner that the wheels likewisewill not become loose or rattle during movement of the vehicle.

Further objects of this invention relate to details of construction andassociation of parts, as will hereinaftermore fully appear from thedescription.

Various means can be utilized for carrying this invention into effectand it is to be understood that the means disclosed is merely shown bway of illustration, and that the particu ar means may be departed fromand varied'to awide extent by those skilled in the art without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention, as pointed out in theappended claims.

A structure, constituting a preferred embodiment of our invention, isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure I is a fragmentary view in side ele-. vation showing the rear endof an automobile equipped with a carrier for demountable wheelsconstructed in accordance with our invention.

Figure II is a view similar to Fig. I, but showing the carrier swungdown towards the ground and with one of the wheels removed.

Figure 111 is an enlarged, sectional view, centrally through the hub ofthe wheel supported on our carrier.

Figure IV is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line IVIV of Figure V v Figure V is a detail sectional view taken substantiallyon the line VV of Figure I. Figure VI is a detail sectional view takensubstantially on the line VI-VI of Figure V.

In the drawings, similar reference numerals refer to similar partsthroughout the several views, and sectional views are taken looking inthe direction of the little arrows at the end of the section lines.

Considering the numbered parts of the drawings, it will be seen that wehave shown our invention embodied in a construction attached to the rearend of an. automobile frame, in which 10 are the side members, 14 is therear cross bar connecting said side members, and 13 are the downwardlybent extensions from said side members 10. The downwardly and forwardlycurved members 15 are secured to the ends of the extencarry at t sions13 by means ofthe bolts 16. The rear ends of the spring 17 are connectedto the lower ends of members 15 by the links 18. A brace rod 19 issecured at its ends to said members 15, and extends between saidmembers. The carrier is pivotally mounted upon said connecting brace rod19, so as to swing from the position shown in Figure I to the positionshown in Figure II.

A pair of collars 20, provided with flanges 23 at the edges thereof, aresecured to the rod 19,at a suitably spaced interval, and the legs 25 ofthe carrier supporting member are provided at their lower ends with halfround bearing surfaces which seat upon said collars 20 between flanges23. A retaining block 27 is pivotally connected to the foot of each leg25 and seats on the collar 20 between flanges 23, being 'releasablyconnected to the foot of leg 25 by the bolt 29 extending through theflanges 30 and 33 on said parts and threaded into the flange 33. Thisconstruction is shown in Figure IV of the draw- The le S 25 of thesupportin member Ixeir upper end a split col ar 80, the

parts of which are secured and drawn together by means of the bolt 81. Acylindrical tube 82 is secured within the split collar 80, said tubebeing provided with an inner reinforcing tube 86 and a cross slot 87, inwhich a part of the bolt 81 is disposed, so

as to prevent lateral shifting of said tube,

relative to the collar 80. At the ends of said tube, there are providedtapering conical surfaces 83 and cylindrical surfaces 84, which faceoppositely, and which are connected with the ends of the cylindricaltube 82, by means of the frustoconical surfaces 85, so that the carriercore comprises the cylindrical tube 82, the flange 85 at the end of saidtube extending outwardly therefrom,

- the frusto-conical surfaces extending downwardly and outwardly fromthe edges of said portions 85, and the cylindrical portions 84 at theextreme ends of said core. Portions 84 and 83 are adapted to receive theouter hub shell of a demountable wheel with the cylindrical ortion 106of the hub shell engaging the cy indrical portion 84 and the taperedconical surface 107 engaging the tapered conical surface 83, as clearlyshown in Figures I and III of the drawing. At the outer end of thecarrier core, a disc 88 is pro: vided, having a peripheral flange 89secured to the inner surface of the outer end of said core and providedwith a central flange 90, which is externally threaded to receive a nut93. Secured to said nut is the disc 94, having an inwardly taperingflange 95, adapted to engage a portion of the hub shell mounted on saidcore so as to force it firmly into engagement therewith.

A casting 44 is suitably secured to the cross bar 14 at about themid-point thereof,

and is provided at its outer end with a cylindrical boss 45, to which issecured the cylindrical flange 46, formed at the centerv of a yieldabledisc 47, which is provided with a peripheral flange 48, of a diametersuitable to receive the edge of'the' hub shell of the wheel carried bythe support;

A locking bolt 96 has the irmer end thereof threaded at 97 and screwedintoa threaded opening in said cylindrical boss 45-, and the outer endof said bolt is provided with a flange 98, forming a bearing therefor,within the flange 90. The outer end of said bolt is provided with a hex99, by means of which the bolt may be turned, and has a stem 103extending outwardly therefrom and through a central opening in the disc100, which covers the end of the hub secured on said core, and whichcover may be locked on said bolt by means of padlock 105. 108 representsthe outer edge of the hub shell of the demountable wheel, which is ofsuch a diameter that it engages the flange 48 of the disc 47, secured tothe cylindrical boss 45, so that said disc forms a broad bearing surfacefor said hub shell and hOlds it firmly in position. The disc 100 islikewise of such diameter as to engage the edge of the outer hub shell,so that, when the demountable hubs are in position, they are completelyenclosed and held firmly and rigidly so that there can be no rattle orvibration.

The brace rod 19 and rear cross bar 14 of the frame constitutesupporting elements adapted to suitably support the swinging member inwheel carryin position.

In Figures V and VI% have shown the manner of securing the connectingcross bar 19 to the extensions 15. The extensions 15 are provided with ahalf round socket 109, integral therewith, and the ends of the cross rod19 are provided with slots 110, in which the keys 111 are disposed, saidkeys projecting beyond the cross rod 19 and belng engaged by the edgesof the half round caps 112, which fit around the ends of the cross rod19, and co-operate with the half round sockets 109, so that, when theyare clamped thereto by the bolts 113, the cross rod is held in placesecurely and firmly and in such a manner that it cannot twist or turn.

From the description of the parts given above, the operation of mydevice should be very readily understood.

Figure I shows a pair of wire wheels locked in place on the carrier. Ifone wishes to remove the outer wheel the padlock 105 is released so thatthe cover 100 can be removed from the rojecting end 103 of the lockingbolt 96. from the externally threaded flange 90, car rying with it thedisc 94, and when this nut ut.93 is their unscrewed rier core. In doingthis, the inner wheel, or

the one'carried next to the body of the vehicle, is not disturbed in anymanner.

When one wishes to remove the inner wheel, the locking bolt 96 can bedisconnected from the cylindrical boss 45 by rotating the same by meansof the hex 99, and the carrier can then be swung down to a positioncorresponding to that shown in Figure II, since the legs 25 of thecarrier are pivotally mounted on the cross rod 19. When swung to thisposition, the wire wheel on the inner end of the carrier core can beremoved without any further operation. When the carrier core is held inits normal position by means of the locking bolt 96, the outer edge 108of the inner hub shell engages the peripheral flan 48 on the disheddisc, so that the dis ed disc closes the outer end ofthe hub shell andforms a broad and yielding bearing surface therefor, so that the carriercan be firmly and rig'idly held in position. Neither of the wheels canbe removed without unlocking padlock 105, and either one of these wheelscan be removed without disturbing the other wheel. Furthermore, thiscarrier afiords a very strong and rigid sup ort for demountable wheels,which are usuall heavy, and one in which the parts are sightly inappearance.

This application is a division of our copending application, SerialNumber 172,720, filed June 4, 1917.

We are aware that the particular embodi-- ment'of our invention which wehave here shown, is highly desirable from man standpoints. But we arealso aware t at ,this embodiment may be varied considerably withoutdeparting from the s irit of our invention, and, therefore, we esire toclaim our invention both broadly and specifically, as indicated by theappended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with an automobile frame, comprising side bars and across bar; of a supporting member ivotally connected with said frame; amem er secured to said cross bar and having a boss with a threadedopening therein; a yieldable disc secured to said boss and having aperipheral flan e adapted to receive one end of a wheel hu ahub-receiving member carried by said supporting member; and a boltco-actin with said supporting member and threade opening and disposedwithin said hub-receiving member, for rigidly connecting said supportingmemberto said cross bar, said yieldable disc having a flange arrangedsubstantially perpendicular to said bolt.

2. The combination with an automobile frame of a carrier supportedthereby, said carrier including a member pivote to a portion of saidframe, a hub receiving memy quite havin ber carried by said firstmentioned member, means for detachably connecting said supporting memberto another portion of said frame, and yieldable means interposed betweensaid frame and supporting member in line with said hub receiving memberto absorb vibration when said member is secured to said frame.

3. The combination with anautomobile frame, comprising side bars and across bar; of a supporting member pivotally mounted on said frame; amember secured to said cross bar and havin a threaded openin therein; adisc carried by said member an having a peripheral flange; a tubecarried by said supporting member and provided at each end with ahub-receiving member comrising an outer cylindrical portion and an innertaperin portion; a disc secured in the cylindrica portion of the outerhub-receiving member, and having a central sleeve externally threaded; anut threaded on said sleeve and carrying a disc adapted to engage a hubto hold it on said outer hubreceiving member; a locking bolt in saidtube, journaled in said sleeve and having an inner end screwed into thethreaded opening on the cross bar member to hold the tube with the outeredge of the hub on said inner hub-receiving member in engagement withthe flange of said disc; a disc mounted on the outer end of said rod andengaging the outer edge of the hub on the outer hub receiving member,and a padlock with a shackle passing through an opening in said rod,outside of said disc.

4. The combination with an automobile frame, comprising side bars and across bar; of a supporting member pivotally mounted on said frame; amember secured to said cross bar and havin a threaded openin therein; adisc carried by said member an a peripheral flan e; a tube carried bysaid su porting mem er and provided at each on with a hub-receivingmember, comprising an outer cylindrical portion and an inner taperingportion; a disc secured in the cylindrical portion of the outer hub-'receiving member, and having a central sleeve externally threaded; a nutthreaded on said sleeve and carrying a disc adapted to engage a hub tohold it on said outer hubreceiving member; a lockingbolt in said tubejournaled in said sleeve and having an inner end screwed into thethreaded opening in the cross bar member, to hold the' on said frame; amember secured to said cross bar and having a threaded openmg therein; adisc carried by said member and having a peripheral flange; a tubecarried by said supporting member and provided at each end with ahub-receiving member, comprising an outer cylindrical portion and aninner tapering portion; a disc secured in the cylindrical portion of theouter hub-receiving member, and having a central sleeve externallythreaded; a nut threaded on said sleeve and carrying a disc adapted toengage a hub to hold it on said outer hub-receiving member; a lockingbolt in said tube, journaled in said sleeve, and having an inner endscrewed into the threaded opening on the cross bar member to hold thetube with the outer edge of the hub on said inner hubreceiving member,in engagement with the flange of said disc.

6. The combination with an automobile frame, comprising side bars and across bar; of a supporting member pivotally mounted on said frame; amember secured to said cross bar and having a threaded opening therein;a tube carried by said supporting .member and provided at each end witha' hub-receiving member, adapted to receive a demountable wheel hub; adisc secured in the outer hub-receiving member, and having a centralsleeve externally threaded; a nut threaded on said sleeve and carrying adisc adapted to engage a hub to hold it on said hub-receiving member;and a locking bolt in said tube, journaled in said sleeve, and having aninner end screwed into the threaded opening on the cross bar member.

7. The combination with an automobile frame comprising side bars and across bar, of a supporting member pivotally mounted on said frame; atube carried by said supporting member and provided at each end with ahub-receiving member, adapted to re- ,ceive a demountable wheel hub; adisc secured to said outer hub-receiving member, and having acentralsleeve externally threaded; a nut threaded on said sleeve and having adisc adapted to engage a hub to hold it on said outer hub-receivingmember; and releasable means for connecting said tube to said cross bar.

8. The combination with an automobile frame, comprising side bars and across bar; of a supporting member pivotally mounted on said frame; atube carried by said supporting member and provided at each end with ahub-receiving member, adapted to receive a demountable wheel hub;removable means for securing a wheel hub on said outer hub-receivingmember; and releasable means independent of said removable means forrigidly connecting said tube to said cross bar.

9. A carrier including in combination a supporting member pivotallyconnected to the frame of an automobile, means for detachably securingthe said member to said.

adapted to receive a demountable wheel hub,

said hub receiving members being arranged to permit one of said wheelhubs to be attached to and detached therefrom without disturbing theconnection between said supporting member and said frame, and to permitthe other wheel hub to be attached to and detached from the hubreceiving member when said supporting member is released from said frameand swung about its pivotal support away from the automobile.

10. The combination with an automobile frame, of a supporting membermounted on said frame; a tube carried by said supporting member providedat each end thereof with a hub-receiving member adapted to receive ademountable wheel hub; releasable means for rigidly holding a wheel hubon the outer hub-receiving member and independent releasable connectionsbetween said tioned member, means for releasably secur ing saidsupporting member to another portion of said frame, and a yieldable discfor absorbing vibration when said member is secured tosaid frame, saiddisk being arranged substantially perpendicular to the axis of said hubreceiving member.

12. A carrier including in combination a supporting member adapted to bemovably mounted on the frame of an automobile, means to independentlysupport a plurality of wheel hubs on said member, detachable means forrigidly securing said member to the automobile frame, said carrier beingconstructed so as to permit a wheel to be attached and detached from oneof said wheel hub receiving means when said carrier is rigidly attachedto said frame, and to permit another wheel to be attached and detachedfrom another of said supporting means when said means for connectingsaid carrier to said frame is detached.

13; The combination with an automobile frame comprising side bars and across-bar, of a supporting member pivotally mounted on said frame, atube carried by said supporting member and provided at each end with ahub receiving member adapted to receive a demountable wheel hub,releasable means for rigidly connecting said tube to said cross-bar, andmeans independent of said releasable means for removably securing awheel hub on said outer hub receiving member.

14. In an automobile, a pivot, an elongated supporting member mountedmidway unauthorized actuation of either of said inupon said pivot, a hubrecelver on each prodependent means.

jecting portion of said supporting member, In testimony whereof we afiixour signa- 10 Independent means for securing one end of tures.

said supporting member to the automobile and for securing a wheel hubupon the other EDWARD H. BELDEN. end, and a common means for preventingHARRY E. RHOADS.

